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Worse, this generation is going to suffer from overexposure of bigoted and immoral disinformation emanating from Facebook — the adults reigning and running this regime from their high pulpits, who are supposed to be role models but instead displaying the worst in human behavior..

Observe, ladies and gentlemen, the garbage Facebook posts of a certain Jimmy Bondoc, a PAGCOR official and organizer of that rather tepid political rally.

What’s next, as it appears that there’s the threat of Hitlerian Calida toying with the PCGG?
Textbook revisions and renaming monuments to the false glory of the Marcoses?

I wish these kids realize that there are better role models, as I’m sure they want to ask about how and why..

Asides from the growning infighting between the snarling jackals, the only other things that seems to save much sanity and give more ammo to oppose this madness are two words: #PalitBeshie and #SHAIMING

The caption in the second blog picture seems just right for the picture. Even if the caption is contrived, that joke must have really hurt the US President and the Republicans — hence the contemplated “Nuclear Option” to get Gorsuch confirmed as SC Justice. 🙂 The problem is, as some Republicans themselves expressed, come a Democrat President, a Senate Democrat majority and another nomination for the SC Justice coincidentally coming with it, the Republicans will get a dose of the same medicine.

3. The sentiment of protecting children is just and natural. The solution of killing is unjust and unnatural. Instead of encouraging the rule of law, Duterte promotes the use of lethal violence. Death is his go-to solution.

4. His worldview is one of primitive antagonism.

4.1. How are children supposed to interpret “ginalaw” as an offense? It could mean a touch, a slap, a punch, a caress, or any physical movement.

4.2. Could it also be a non-physical movement? Yes, it can. We know words can be more harmful than any physical trespass. We are easily “moved” to anger by insults and criticisms.

4.3. Duterte was moved to anger by his EU critics and he invited them to come over so that he could slap them.

5. For any offensive touch or words, Duterte is virtually giving children the license to kill. He is saying, “If someone harms you, it is alright to kill them.”

5.1. This reinforces the notion that the fight response is the only and proper reaction to any stressful situation. I am afraid he is raising a generation of killers.

5.2. Correction: generations of killers. A meme once implanted will pass from one generation to the next.
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How low can you go. Baden-Powell would have turned in his grave.
It is a sacrilege for him to wear a scout uniform.
It’s so sickening to see those damned fists. A raised fist is a protest, a bravado thing. What does a fist toward you mean? Utterly outrageously offensive. It’s thuggish, boorish and obnoxious.
As a president, he can’t even get his damn facts right. Pangilinan did’nt let under 15 year old crime breakers go home. They go to juvenile institutions.

“The Scoutmaster who is a hero to his boys holds a powerful lever to their development but at the same time brings a great responsibility on himself. They are quick enough to see the smallest characteristic about him, whether it be a virtue or a vice.” Robert Baden-Powell

I’ve climbed Mt. Baden Powell a couple of times. The founder of scouts would indeed be horrified. Also, I never got past tenderfoot, but I’m accomplished enough to know kids are impressionable, and that whole show was , as you put it, sickening.

> What does a fist toward you mean? Utterly outrageously offensive. It’s thuggish, boorish and obnoxious.

As that Nazi salute.

May I hope the next administration not headed by Binay, BBM or Pacfailquiao will have to deprogram the whole country getting rid of this toxic behavior promoted by this regime and its lunatic members of the cabinet, Tongress, Senate, Justice, etc.

Congress has just approved a new badge for scouts. It’s the ‘marksman’ badge. This is earned for killing a drug addict. Even Tenderfoots can go for this award.

And the scout salute is banned. It’s not in sync with the times. Honor, help others, obey scout laws – these are what the scout salute stand for. Doesn’t mean anything when you have a killer as head scout. It’s now replaced with fist salutes.

Marcos also corrupted Boy Scouts and made them part of his fascist drill.

Saturday morning marches did not only include CAT cadets (fourth year high school) in those days, Scouts from 1st to 3rd year, and 3rd years SCOs (school for cadet officers).

It was not really a routine to teach any useful discipline from what I remember, it was more of an attempt to tire us out and break our wills, inculcate Martial Law style conformity. Of course everybody was automatically a “Boy Scout” in high school then, no choice at all.

It is worrisome to think that Duterte can exploit the BSP, indoctrinate our boy scouts, and mold their young minds into his own version of the Chinese “Red Guards”. And with help from the Chinese at that.

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